Hallelujah! Irish priest’s incredible surprise during couple’s wedding leaves bride in tears

You Tube video 4:21 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVe8SA_E0aM

1 posted on 04/12/2014 5:04:51 PM PDT by Lorianne

2 posted on 04/12/2014 5:05:15 PM PDT by Lorianne (fedgov, taxporkmoney)

The acoustics are abominable. I'd be grateful if someone would take the trouble to discern and then transcribe the lyrics.

Thanks in advance.

3 posted on 04/12/2014 5:10:43 PM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (Do you REALLY believe that (1) God IS, and (2) God IS GOOD?)

To: Hebrews 11:6

LEONARD COHEN LYRICS

"Hallelujah"

I've heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?
It goes like this
The fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty in the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you to a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Baby I have been here before
I know this room, I've walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew you.
I've seen your flag on the marble arch
Love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

There was a time when you let me know
What's really going on below
But now you never show it to me, do you?
And remember when I moved in you
The holy dove was moving too
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Maybe there’s a God above
But all I’ve ever learned from love
Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you
It’s not a cry you can hear at night
It’s not somebody who has seen the light
It’s a cold and it’s a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

You say I took the name in vain
I don't even know the name
But if I did, well, really, what's it to you?
There's a blaze of light in every word
It doesn't matter which you heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

I did my best, it wasn't much
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you
And even though it all went wrong
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah

4 posted on 04/12/2014 5:13:11 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The best way to control opposition is to lead it ourselves." -- Vladimir Ilyich Lenin)

To: Hebrews 11:6

5 posted on 04/12/2014 5:14:28 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The best way to control opposition is to lead it ourselves." -- Vladimir Ilyich Lenin)

To: E. Pluribus Unum

It’s bittersweet, tragicomical. (Or, comedo-tragic.)

6 posted on 04/12/2014 5:20:04 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)

To: E. Pluribus Unum

Thanks, but I’m quite familiar with Cohen’s version. I was referring to the priest’s lyrics, which sound different.

7 posted on 04/12/2014 5:20:10 PM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (Do you REALLY believe that (1) God IS, and (2) God IS GOOD?)

To: E. Pluribus Unum

There was a time when you let me know
What’s really going on below
But now you never show it to me, do you?
And remember when I moved in you
The holy dove was moving too
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah
.
.
Just the kind of thing I like to hear sung from the altar.

8 posted on 04/12/2014 5:21:17 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Obamacare: You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.)

To: Hebrews 11:6

Cohen’s version, AKA "the lyrics".

9 posted on 04/12/2014 5:22:18 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Obamacare: You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.)

To: E. Pluribus Unum

The priest’s version is not the “popular” verses as shown here. I couldn’t make out every word but it is definitely wedding customized.

10 posted on 04/12/2014 5:24:37 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)

To: E. Pluribus Unum

That’s not what was sung.

11 posted on 04/12/2014 5:25:23 PM PDT by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)

To: Jeff Chandler

Well you won’t hear that in this video, unless the priest went sardonic.

12 posted on 04/12/2014 5:25:39 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)

To: Jeff Chandler

Please see post # 10.

13 posted on 04/12/2014 5:26:46 PM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (Do you REALLY believe that (1) God IS, and (2) God IS GOOD?)

To: E. Pluribus Unum

Thanks, very nice.
I knew it sounded familiar.

14 posted on 04/12/2014 5:27:16 PM PDT by Lorianne (fedgov, taxporkmoney)

To: Hebrews 11:6

He wrote his own lyrics to suit the couple.

15 posted on 04/12/2014 5:27:54 PM PDT by Lorianne (fedgov, taxporkmoney)

To: Jeff Chandler

He didn’t sing that. The priest wrote his own lyrics for the couple.

However, I’m told the original has biblical meanings.

16 posted on 04/12/2014 5:29:19 PM PDT by Lorianne (fedgov, taxporkmoney)

The music minister at the (Baptist) church I go to has revamped the song as well for worship purposes.

Except he couldn’t quite bring himself to sing “you” as “ya.”

17 posted on 04/12/2014 5:30:36 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)

He wrote his own lyrics to suit the couple.

Yes, that's what I concluded. What I'm trying to learn, in the face of nonresponsive replies, is exactly what Fr. Kelly's lyrics were.

18 posted on 04/12/2014 5:31:29 PM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (Do you REALLY believe that (1) God IS, and (2) God IS GOOD?)

To: Jeff Chandler

Just the kind of thing I like to hear sung from the altar.

In that case you will probably love this.

19 posted on 04/12/2014 5:31:38 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The best way to control opposition is to lead it ourselves." -- Vladimir Ilyich Lenin)

To: HiTech RedNeck

We join together here today,
To help two people on their way,
As Leah and Chris start their life together,
And now we’ve reached their special date,
We’ve come to help them celebrate,
And show them how much we love them too,
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah,
As Leah is walking up the aisle,
And Chris looks up and gives a smile,
The love that flows between them fills the church,
With Leah’s friends and family on her side,
She really is the blushing bride,
With love and pride they lead her
Hallelujah,
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah,
With the priest and the family who lead the prayers,
We say our lines and they say theirs,
I guide them through the ceremony,
And in this house of God above,
They join their hands to show their love,
And say those most important words ‘I do’ yeah,
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah,
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah,
Hallelujah,
Hallelujah.

20 posted on 04/12/2014 5:32:17 PM PDT by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)

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